Opinion
No. 4D08-2494.
May 27, 2009.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Robert Belanger, Judge; L.T. Case No. 562008CF000112A.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Affirmed without prejudice to appellant's raising a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in postconviction proceedings. See Mansfield v. State, 758 So.2d 636, 642 (Fla. 2000) (claim of ineffective assistance of counsel generally not cognizable on direct appeal).
GROSS, C.J., WARNER and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.